An important date to remember

Our wedding anniversary did not start too auspiciously; despite knowing it was coming and despite having made a note to get a card in preparation for the event, in the fracas of the last week at home, I overlooked it – so no card for Sue 1st thing! Ollie took us to a shopping mall for the north American experience – just think a large scale Cribbs Causeway or Brierly Hill shopping centre. At a bookshop, they had some nice handmade cards and I took the opportunity to make partial redemption. We then shared a cinnamon roll that was other-worldly before going on a short-hunting expedition.

We finished off our experience with a visit to the food area – a central table area with every different kind of fast-food you can imagine on the periphery. Ollie & I had a steak burrito, which was huge and Sue had a taco shell filled with salad – it certainly looked very good.

Town Centre

Picnic @ Stratford

Back home to get ready for our trip to Stratford to see Hamlet. Ang drove us up to Stratford and we parked up near the centre while we had a quick look around the city centre. We found a nice spot by the river/lake where we enjoyed the picnic we had brought. It was a little hike out to the festival theatre from the centre of town and we weren’t sure exactly where it was, so after following the river for some time we began to wonder how much further it was. After a quick check with some locals, we were still some 400 metres from the theatre, so as it was getting close to 8pm start time, Ollie and Ang went ahead to make sure of collecting the tickets; we made it to our seats with about 2minutes to spare.

Theatre

A little close for comfort! This Hamlet was a modern interpretation set in the early 1900’s but using the original language. Normally I am less than keen on such efforts but this was an excellent production, the seats were excellent and the acoustics were very good, so it was possible to hear every word. It was a long time since I had seen Hamlet and I didn’t remember there being so much humour in the first part but it came across very well.
We thoroughly enjoyed the play and it was a marvellous anniversary present from Ollie and Ang.

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rickandsuejohnson on July 26, 2008 from London, Canada

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